ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
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Yes, there were other ways formerly used to form
pure verbal nouns, as shewn below:
| Affixes etc. | Old verbal nouns formed with such affixes. |
| 1. Certain verbal nouns are formed by a mere lengthening of the vowel of the root without the use of any affix. |
Ex: tín (=food); úṇ (=food); chúṭu; (=heat); pór (=battle); kéṭu (=harm); vér̥u (=difference); páṭu (=suffering etc.) |
| 2. A, am, al, ar, ir, ma, i. | Ex: nila (=stand-point); vaka (=kind); akalam (= width); kaḷḷam (=theft); tuppal (=spittle); aṭukkal (near- ness); ular (=dry); órmma (= recol- lection); tólma (=defeat); pašima (=softness); poṭi (powder). |
| 3. Tal, ta, tam, tŭ, ti. | Ex: míttal (=upper part, surface); pá- chchal (=current); chítta (=badness); chérchcha (=connection); naṭattam (=conduct); veḷichcham (=light); koyttu (harvest); óttu (= study); páṭṭu (= song); már̥r̥u (=change); por̥uti (=patience); pakuti (=portion). |
| 4. Vu, avu, vi, ppu. | Ex: ar̥ivu (=knowledge); chávu (=death); nóvu (=pain); oppu (=agree- ment); pir̥appu (=birth); véḷvi (=marriage); kaḷavu (=lie); chelavu (=expense); pir̥avi (=birth.) |
